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Name:Kallinno (Kal, or Linni) (The guardian)
Age: 227 years
Gender:male
Power:snow/ice
Personality: calm, taciturn, peaceful.
History:Kallino was born deep in a mountain forest. blanketed by deep snows for years. The terrain was dangerous, as one could one moment be walking on flat ground, to the next, falling through a large crevasse, previously hidden by snow.kal had a few close chances his early years, and even falling through some, but narrowly escaping death thanks to ledges breaking his fall only feet from the opening.As he grew, he learned to test the ground under his feet, especially in areas where no trees grew. These barren expanses often signaled glaciers. Although the glaciers did provide him some entertainment and fast escape routes from predators, such as using the ice tunnels as slides, or utilizing the now familiar terrain to his advantage. leading the ravenous beasts towards the hidden crevasses, kal would take the safe path, around the deep death traps, standing only inches from the edge on the opposite side. His pursuers would leap, thinking their footing sure, and their prey dead, only to find the snow covering vanishing into the darkness, and themselves falling into the void.kal did feel sadness every time he tricked the beasts to their deaths, because although they were trying to kill him, he knew they did not deserve to die.

As years passed, humans began to move into the forests, building towns, and hunting the beasts that lived there, they however, never hunted the dosoi. To them, the odd creature was a kindred spirit, often aiding the lost, guiding them to their villages, or rescuing them from danger. Kal would often appear in front of the humans, and they knew it was because he was warning them of the hidden dangers.
Kal learned to use his power one winter,during a snowstorm, when a fire broke out in the village, threatening to destroy the human's homes. Kal stood before the village, facing the raging fire. his desire to protect, controlled the ice around him, smothering the fires . The humans rejoiced, calling kal their deity, however the beast had already moved on, returning to the mountains, wandering looking for those who needed him.

Other: Kallino very rarely takes his guise form, and only does so when he wishes to communicate and move about the human villages.

He has an obsession/goal of helping as many people/creatures and he can in his lifetime.


man i never get these guys....but i really hope i get this one, he's awesome....excuse me while i brainstorm a good bio.~~

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Comments: 11

Khrests [2012-02-04 09:35:27 +0000 UTC]

I really like the description you added. But I do have one thing.

Only the 'Originals' can control the weather. While a normal Dosoi could control the snow already falling from a storm/blizzard, they can not summon one. As to create that storm he would have to manipulate air conditions and condensation levels, not only the ice/snow that he chose to control. So you will have to edit that. C:
Otherwise I do really like it. It's well thought out.

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empiredog In reply to Khrests [2012-02-05 18:04:59 +0000 UTC]

ok, i edited it...kinda weird though, but i hope it's better. :}

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Khrests In reply to empiredog [2012-02-05 19:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Well it's kind of okay. You shouldn't say 'controlled the storm' it should be more 'controlled the ice around him'

And you didn't remove the snowstorm and blizzard in his power listing. xD

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empiredog In reply to Khrests [2012-02-05 19:32:26 +0000 UTC]

ok, should be fixed now. I also changed the power to ice/snow.

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Khrests In reply to empiredog [2012-02-05 20:22:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. C: very good.
Sorry for not making everything very clear. <3

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HolyFrap [2012-02-03 23:05:48 +0000 UTC]

She's so cute!

A tip though (since you mentioned you never win in the adoption rounds) The judges judge (lol) not only the picture, but how original the story is. You'll notice the people who win always have a huge backstory and a well thought out reff picture, with a full reff sheet or background.

With what you have now, it looks like you haven't put any real effort into it; and I know =Khrests won't want to give away one of her babies to someone who isn't willing to put the effort into breathing their dosoi to life.

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empiredog In reply to HolyFrap [2012-02-04 00:24:48 +0000 UTC]

the last one i tried for, took me almost 3 hours for the drawing, then over an hour writing the backstory. I plan to make a large one for this one, i'm just still thinking it up (takes me awhile)

Are you saying i didn't put effort in the descrip? or the art? (the descrip is still a wip, and the art took me several hours)

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HolyFrap In reply to empiredog [2012-02-05 02:51:26 +0000 UTC]

Don't go getting offended.

It was a tip, one you can take or leave.

While I'm sure you put effort into the drawing, the contest is not based on art alone. You are missing 50% of the adoption piece, and when comparing to the other entries, your piece lacks information as well as the hard effort the others 'seemed' to have put in it. (Consider the backgrounds and smaller details.)

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empiredog In reply to HolyFrap [2012-02-05 06:53:53 +0000 UTC]

i wasn't getting offended, i was just trying to clarify what you were saying.Anyways, you shouldn't judge art by how it "seems"....And im not good at doing backgrounds in that short of time. it takes me weeks, much longer than the contest timeline...

Thankyou for your tips though. I might be able to make a better piece of art, and im still working on the Background info.

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HolyFrap In reply to empiredog [2012-02-06 20:14:45 +0000 UTC]

The art is really nice, just it seems empty without a background you know?

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Chocostars [2012-01-26 03:28:05 +0000 UTC]

love the textures here
good luck on the contest

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